SOLUTION: please help me in solving this problem a mixture contain water and alchohol in the ratio 12:5.on adding 14L of water the ratio becomes 4:3.find the amount of water

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Question 1021816: please help me in solving this problem
a mixture contain water and alchohol in the ratio 12:5.on adding 14L of water the ratio becomes 4:3.find the amount of water

Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hmm...how can a mixture which is originally 29.4% alcohol, upon addition of 14 liters of water (0% alcohol content) become 57.1% alcohol? Strange.